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== General principles ==

=== Use common names of persons and things ===

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=== Use the most easily recognized name ===

- {{see also|Wikipedia:Naming conflict}}

- ''Convention:'' Except where other accepted [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Other specific conventions|Wikipedia naming conventions]] give a different indication, title an article using the most common name of the person or thing that is the

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Generally, articles should be named in accordance with what the greatest number of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity. The names of Wikipedia articles should be optimized for ''readers'' over editors, and for a ''general audience'' over specialists.